A.G. Bell Wall Phone
1879

1879 Coffin

1879
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1879 Coffin

About This Phone

This set used the Watson polarized ringing system with the call bells and magneto crank on the outside of the box. The 1879 set was the first to use the Blake transmitter with a local wet-cell battery. The National Bell Telephone Co. only existed from March 1879 to May 1880.
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